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Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

The War Years, 1939-1945

by Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Stromberg ...

Writings On Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish and English oeuvre. David Stromberg, editor of the Singer Literary Trust, presents 25 never-before-translated essays originally published between 1939-1945, which were selected from over 150 written by Singer during WWII. Knowing that a ... Read more

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Writings On Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish and English oeuvre. David Stromberg, editor of the Singer Literary Trust, presents 25 never-before-translated essays originally published between 1939-1945, which were selected from over 150 written by Singer during WWII. Knowing that a
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

A Spiritual Reappraisal, 1946–1955

Translated by David Stromberg ...

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Between 1946 and 1955 Isaac Bashevis Singer underwent a total transformation. During the post-Holocaust period Singer reappraised everything he knew, questioned all his assumptions, and rebuilt his artistic vision. This transformation would soon become evident in his literary fiction, but it was also laid out for readers in essays that appeared in the pages of the Yiddish daily Forverts. Sitting ... Read more

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Between 1946 and 1955 Isaac Bashevis Singer underwent a total transformation. During the post-Holocaust period Singer reappraised everything he knew, questioned all his assumptions, and rebuilt his artistic vision. This transformation would soon become evident in his literary fiction, but it was also laid out for readers in essays that appeared in the pages of the Yiddish daily Forverts. Sitting
... Read more
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

The War Years, 1939-1945

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Discover Isaac Bashevis Singer's poignant reflections on Yiddish language and Jewish identity during the tumultuous years of World War II.Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1945, translated and edited by David Stromberg, offers a unique glimpse into the Nobel laureate's Yiddish writings, bridging the gap between his Yiddish and English works. These ... Read more

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Discover Isaac Bashevis Singer's poignant reflections on Yiddish language and Jewish identity during the tumultuous years of World War II.Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1945, translated and edited by David Stromberg, offers a unique glimpse into the Nobel laureate's Yiddish writings, bridging the gap between his Yiddish and English works. These
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A Short Inquiry into the End of the World

A Mister Investigator Mystery

by David Stromberg, Polina Barskova ...

Series Book 20 - Working Titles
In David Stromberg's newest work, Mister Investigator takes on the end of the wor;d—or rather, this fraught and dangerous moment that we find ourselves in, and what it says about our future. This particular moment, a crisis that feels unique and strange, is actually connected—as Mister Investigator discovers—to multiple precedents. To this end, Stromberg's analysis is first and foremost a reading: ... Read more

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In David Stromberg's newest work, Mister Investigator takes on the end of the wor;d—or rather, this fraught and dangerous moment that we find ourselves in, and what it says about our future. This particular moment, a crisis that feels unique and strange, is actually connected—as Mister Investigator discovers—to multiple precedents. To this end, Stromberg's analysis is first and foremost a reading:
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Simple Gimpl

The Definitive Bilingual Edition

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Translated by Saul Bellow ...

THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE’S ONLY NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE PUTS HIS MOST FAMOUS STORY IN HIS OWN WORDS: Isaac Bashevis Singer was never entirely happy with Saul Bellow’s canonical translation of “Gimpel the Fool” from Singer’s original “Gimpl Tam.” This first-ever publication of Singer’s own English translation is a cause for celebration.A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE BILINGUAL EDITION: The perfect gift for ... Read more

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THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE’S ONLY NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE PUTS HIS MOST FAMOUS STORY IN HIS OWN WORDS: Isaac Bashevis Singer was never entirely happy with Saul Bellow’s canonical translation of “Gimpel the Fool” from Singer’s original “Gimpl Tam.” This first-ever publication of Singer’s own English translation is a cause for celebration.A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE BILINGUAL EDITION: The perfect gift for
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Old Truths and New Clichés

Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essaysOld Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work ... Read more

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From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essaysOld Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work
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IDIOT LOVE and the Elements of Intimacy

Literature, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis

by David Stromberg ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book turns our search for intimacy on its head, suggesting that our way to creativity in love may be through idiocy. The book takes its readers on a journey through the work of Plato and Melanie Klein in theorizing the dynamics of intimacy while exploring some of the paradoxical aspects of love in works by Fyodor Dostoevsky and French filmmaker Catherine Breillat. Revisiting core concepts of ... Read more

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This book turns our search for intimacy on its head, suggesting that our way to creativity in love may be through idiocy. The book takes its readers on a journey through the work of Plato and Melanie Klein in theorizing the dynamics of intimacy while exploring some of the paradoxical aspects of love in works by Fyodor Dostoevsky and French filmmaker Catherine Breillat. Revisiting core concepts of
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Narrative Faith

Dostoevsky, Camus, and Singer

by David Stromberg ...

Narrative Faith engages with the dynamics of doubt and faith to consider how literary works with complex structures explore different moral visions. The study describes a literary petite histoire that problematizes faith in two ways—both in the themes presented in the story, and the strategies used to tell that story—leading readers to doubt the narrators and their narratives. Starting with ... Read more

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Narrative Faith engages with the dynamics of doubt and faith to consider how literary works with complex structures explore different moral visions. The study describes a literary petite histoire that problematizes faith in two ways—both in the themes presented in the story, and the strategies used to tell that story—leading readers to doubt the narrators and their narratives. Starting with
... Read more
Handbook of Media Economics

Edited by Simon P. Anderson, Joel Waldfogel, David Stromberg ...

Series Book 2 - Handbooks in Economics
Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics. Chapters span the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular ... Read more

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Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics. Chapters span the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular
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Old Truths and New Clichés

Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work, the book illuminates in new ways the rich intellectual, aesthetic, religious, and ... Read more

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Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work, the book illuminates in new ways the rich intellectual, aesthetic, religious, and
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Yiddish

The Biography of a Language

by Miriam Weinstein ...

This first-ever biography on Yiddish is “a charming and highly readable history of the language” that “recreates the sound of a world . . . gone forever” (The Washington Post)For a thousand years Yiddish, was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their heroic past, their spiritual universe, their increasingly far-flung relations. In ... Read more

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This first-ever biography on Yiddish is “a charming and highly readable history of the language” that “recreates the sound of a world . . . gone forever” (The Washington Post)For a thousand years Yiddish, was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their heroic past, their spiritual universe, their increasingly far-flung relations. In
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I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl

by Judea Pearl, Ruth Pearl ...

Being Jewish. What does it meantodayand for the future? Listen in as Jews of all backgrounds reflect, argue, and imagine.When Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan, many Jews were particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish identity. Many were moved to reflect on or analyze their feelings toward their lives as Jews.The saying two Jews, three ... Read more

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Being Jewish. What does it meantodayand for the future? Listen in as Jews of all backgrounds reflect, argue, and imagine.When Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan, many Jews were particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish identity. Many were moved to reflect on or analyze their feelings toward their lives as Jews.The saying two Jews, three
... Read more

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